...June SOAP Day 3

 

 Morning!!!

How was your Thursday? Did you leave me a comment on yesterday's post - if you didn't you're missing out on a chance of free goodies!

We have more fabby samples to show you today, in case you are new here, we are reviewing the new May releases! Just before I get to the DT ladies, here's a little info on the card.

Yesterday I was asked about heat embossing on vellum - so I did it again for today - it's super easy, the only thing to remember is to keep the heat tool moving, but to be honest I have not found vellm any easier to burn than card - the stuff I use is PTI Vellum so it's top quality stuff, a thinner vellum might throw up a problem, but so far I've had no trouble.

I made a little wrap for a bunch of flowers - I stamped a half doily image from the smaller Doily set and heat embossed with clear powder - trimmed it out with a Spellbinders scallop circle (LG) die template and taped the edges together, with a decent overlap to get the size of wrap I wanted to suit the wee bunch of pre-made flowers that one of my DT ladies sent me - with the instructions to 'use more flowers'...lol!!

The rest of the card is easy - gingham background in a ginger colour to pick up the little ribbon bow - a little sponging, and a pale half doily image on the cream card immediately under the bunch of flowers.

The sentiment, made up from Say it Loud was just perfect. Easy. Peasy. Lemon. Squeezy. - you could do this in 10 mins flat.

Now let's see what else we can do today :

Anya Schrier

Bonnie Sharp

Carly Robertson

Claire Brennan

Jennifer Holmes

Julia Aston

Kate Whelan

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Mona Pendleton

Niki Estes

Sandie Dunne

Sarah Martina Parker

Tosha Leyendekker

... June SOAP, Day 2

 ED - A quick heads up - this morning my email inbox was flooded with emails that were dated from as far back as 10th May - It seems that some emails are reaching me, while others aren't! I am working to respond to the folks who, no doubt felt that we were ignoring them! I await the response from the email folks as I have no idea why this has happened! In the meantime, if you contacted us recently and got no response, please feel free to either message me on our Forum, or even Facebook, until I have confirmation that the email is running correctly. Thank you!!

 

Good morning and welcome to day 2 of the June SOAP event - did you manage to get around everyone yesterday ok, I know we had a few link-oopsies!

My little sample today features stamps from the Dainty Doilies larger set, I made a simple card by stamping the doily images directly on to my card front and then adding a little accent piece in the shape of a heart - I had white embossed one of the images onto vellum and punched out a heart shape, I then stamped the centre image inside the heart, layered on a button and lined it up over the doily. A little gel pen dotting and faux stitching and I was done!!

 

Just before you scoot off to see what everyone else is up to, I have decided to run a little comp today, I have a couple of spare July sets and I just thought, maybe, you might be interested....?

Here's the scoop - I invite you to leave a comment here to be in with a chance of winning! Tell me what you like best about stamping, is it the relaxation, the craftiness, the folks you meet through it? what do you like about it?

I will pick a random winner at the conclusion of our SOAP event - now get this - the winner will win one free set from the upcoming July release - BUT!!! and pin back your ears - If I can find you on the forum - ie, if you have ALREADY joined the forum, and by that I mean BEFORE 8:00AM this morning, my time, you will win an extra bonus set!! AND If I can find a post that you have made on the forum - ie, if you have actually posted on the forum before this time, you will win another set!!! so, the potential is there for someone to win 3 free sets!!

This will not be the last forum based comp that I run, so if you haven't joined up already, there's no time like the present!! LOL!!!  Here we are.

 Now, I can't wait to see what the girls have made, here are their links!! Have fun!!

Anya Schrier

Belinda Chang Langner

Bonnie Sharp

Carly Robertson

Claire Brennan

Jennifer Holmes

Julia Aston

Kate Whelan

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Mona Pendleton

Niki Estes

Sandie Dunne

Sarah Martina Parker

Tosha Leyendekker

... June SOAP

teeny weeny sneaky peeky

Good morning and welcome to the June SOAP event at Waltzingmouse Stamps! - Just in case you are new to us, we release new stamps every two months. In the in-between months we have our SOAP events where we showcase ideas and samples to inspire you now that you (hopefully, post permitting, lol) have your new goodies to hand!!

We have 4 days of gorgeous new samples for the recent May sets:

Dainty Doilies Large
Dainty Doilies small
Join Us
Say it Loud
Gingham & Co.

and we will be revisiting one of our older sets -

Free Spirit Boy

We're excited about the feedback we've had for our SOAP events - our Stamp Of Approval Parades and we very much hope that by having these events we can help you really get the very best value out of your WMS purchases!! Thank you!

I don't have a Soap creation today!! shock, horror!! I know, but yesterday really didn't pan out the way it was supposed to... unexpected trip to the doc with a little, but thankfully some magic ointment will make it all better...

What I do have is a little sneaky of July tho'.....I know, I shouldn't, but there are 8 sets lined up for July!! One of them is my favest ever!!!! and one lucky commenter on the FB page has already won a delicious new set, BUT I can't tell you who it is, cos that's giving the game away right?? lol, anyhow, do you like my little friend at the top there? He's very close to my heart!! lol.

Right, enough waffle about July, let's take another look at May - here are the WMS DT ladies, let's see what the girls got up to!!

Anya Schrier

Belinda Chang Langner
Bonnie Sharp
Carly Robertson
Claire Brennan
Jennifer Holmes
Julia Aston
Kate Whelan
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Niki Estes
Sandie Dunne
Tosha Leyendekker

...a few snaps

Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend! We took yesterday off after a wildly busy week and just relaxed! Here are a few snaps of our travels for your viewing pleasure, and also to distract you from the fact that I haven't made anything in what seems like ages!!!!

I need to get my skates on tho' as we will be having our June SOAP event this week starting Wednesday!!! The girls and I will be revisiting the sets released in May so that you will have even more inspiration and some neat new examples now that some of you guys actually have the stamps to hand - I do love this idea and I sure hope you guys will find it useful!

So, how is the two month thing working for you? I'm finding it real tough not to blab bout what is coming in July, so far we have 8 new sets confirmed and there are more pending!!!! I'm finding that I'm just as busy as ever, even though I have a wonderful friend who is helping me at present! I don't know if it's just because we're only just begun with the two month thing, or if things are just getting busier all round, but it sure feels like it's time for WMS to expand a little more!!!

Anyhow, knowing me, and the work I have to do today, and the fact that I am bursting at the seams to show you guys a little of what I've been getting ready for July, I may just post a little sneak tomorrow on the old blog.... I think we could have a little competition maybe.... I'll see what I can rustle up!!!


Anyhow, in the meantime, here's the scoop on the pics, they were all taken at locations along the North Antrim Coast:

Top is the Antrim Coast - the beach at Waterfoot.

Just below is a dinky little estate agent sign I spotted in Cushendall - how cute is this?? Click on the pics to make them bigger!

The gateway (well, one of them) into Glenarm Castle - how gorgeous are those hinges - you know they're gonna turn up in a stamp set someday...

One of the entrances to Glenarm Castle - we didn't go in on this occasion,  we're saving that for another day!

 Along the wall of Glenarm Castle

Ok, I'm off to make stuff! See y'all later!

...Phew, what a week!

I just wanted to let you know, if I owe you an email, I will get to you!!! It has been a really, really busy week! If I didn't know better, I'd say Christmas had been brought forward!! lol, gosh, what an avalanche of orders!! I snuck out for 2 hours yesterday to take my wee folks to the cinema, but it's been a very, very solid work week here!! Orders as always are my priority and those are going out as normal, but the amount of unanswered emails in my inbox is way more than normal! I hope to get completely caught up by the end of the weekend. Thanks for your patience!